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 The award winning conservation charity dedicated to the regeneration and restoration of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland  
Muriel Gray

"The restoration of the Caledonian Forest is a vision that inspires me and I'm honoured to play a part."
TFL Patron,
Muriel Gray

Aspen Conference 2008
The Second Scottish Aspen Conference, Boat of Garten, 3-4 October 2008.
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Wild, free, and coming back?
Wildland Network Seminar in association with Trees for Life, 16-17 September 2008 followed by optional field trips.

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Volunteer Work Weeks 2008

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44 weeks of hands-on conservation in the Scottish Highlands. This year we aim to plant another 100,000 trees.


2008 calendar Click here for the Natural Collection's website

Our calendars and cards can be purchased from Natural Collection.


Why is the Caledonian Forest so important and special?

The Caledonian Forest once covered over 1.5 million hectares of the Scottish Highlands.
Today just 1% of the forest remains, and species such as the beaver, wild boar and lynx have gone.
The surviving remnants of the forest are ageing and fragmented, struggling to regenerate because of overgrazing.
Now it's up to us to ensure the survival of this ancient and remarkable woodland.
It's Scotland's equivalent of the rainforest and it urgently needs our help.

Learn more about the Caledonian Forest
 

 

New! Video clips about different aspects of our work added to our site.

 

Dundreggan Lodge

Dundreggan Lodge

Urgent Appeal for Dundreggan Lodge!
Our purchase of the 10,000 acre Dundreggan Estate in Glen Moriston is finally going ahead in the next few weeks, and we urgently need to raise £210,000 for Dundreggan Lodge as part of this. Please help us achieve our goal by making a donation today - further details are available on our special Urgent Appeal for Dundreggan Lodge! page.

You can also download our special appeal letter about this project.

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Listen to Trees for Life Executive Director Alan Watson Featherstone talking about the loss of the Caledonian Forest on BBC Radio 4's Making History programme, in a piece about the history of the Caledonian Forest broadcast on 11th December 2007. The recording can be heard on the Making History web page, by clicking on the link that says 'Listen to this programme in full'. The piece which features Trees for Life begins at 17 minutes into the 30 minute programme.
 
 

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"...today it is the duty of every thinking being to live, and to serve not only his own day and generation, but also generations unborn by helping to restore and maintain the green glory of the forests of the earth."

Richard St. Barbe Baker

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Mature Caledonian forest

Mature Caledonian Forest; our vision is to restore this wild forest to 600 square miles of the Scottish Highlands.

 

Trees in the mist

Scots pine and birch in the mist.

 

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We are a member of the Fundraising Standards Board. See the FRSB Fundraising Promise (pdf, 120kb).
 

Published: October 1999
Last updated: 07 July 2008

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